Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Looks good. Is that your house up there?

Yea, the one with blue roof about center of pic.
The other blue roof to right of house is our cottage.

 

[sodamo]

31 and headed for 39F. 30% chance of rain/snow. Wind SE 6 mph. Most likely it will be rain.

My new Mukluks came yesterday, now to break them in. Lined with rabbit fur including the feet and I put rabbit fur insoles in them.

I think today I will conserve energy.

Have a good day all

From someone either barefoot or in flip flops 95% of time those sound comfy

 

[daugen]

Drew
I suspect you neighbor problems aren稚 going to fade away.
Any chance you could file an information report with local PD?
Maybe you write up a detailed report of both incidents (before and after pics?). File a copy with the PD and send a copy registered mail to offending neighbor. Would put both on notice and negate neighbor pleading ignorance.

that's really good advice David, thank you.
I had the presence of mind to at least get a picture of him running right through my leased land.
the field area is basically two fields with a service road running down the middle, upper half and lower half. I did not want to lease more land than I could handle so I leased one long field length of land, and then half a length, the top part, next to it, stopping at the service road, a natural barrier. This guy wants to ignore the service road and just run his tractor the whole length, which he thinks is fine starting out on my land, in order to get to his land. No. I'm planting collards in there in March and then what? He has to make a dogleg around one marker pole, which makes for a tiny area not farmable. Not my problem. I walked this land with the owner, measured and staked, and this guy thinks boundary stakes don't apply to him.

It's a lawyer or the police. The best part is he says he banged on my house door before he started. What? Like that's permission? How about if I was out shopping, or down at the barn, as I was... I'm in the phone book and my name is at the end of the lane. All he had to do was call. But he's honestly really dumb and has quite a reputation locally.

Larro, that pic makes me sad, sorry for all your damage.

Toppop, keep having fun and don't hit an elk!

rain coming in later this morning, will rain into tomorrow, we could use the rain.
Temps staying in 40's and 50's. Then wondering what will happen this weekend, if that Mexican hurricane turns
into a Nor'Easter as they have predicted.

I picked up an oil filter for the larger Massey yesterday, will change the oil today with Rotella T5, and then this weekend will put it out at the end of lane with a for sale sign on it. Pricing it low and firm, basically wholesale pricing, want to sell it not display it. 11 grand for the tractor, 12 with brand new genuine Bush Hog on rear. Should be attractive to someone who doesn't mind shifting a fully manual tractor.

 

[Buppies]

40 high of 42 rain today and tonight a good dosing I believe

Prayers for all those in need

 

[Thomas]

29F winds gusty at times low 40's for high.

Winds last evening were BIG help blowing leafs,no leaf duty after work its date night.
E muffin feed little critters slow roll to work.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[ronjhall]

Need to pour first cup of coffee. 38° with mostly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 51° with cloudy skies. No plans for today.

Randy, nice pictures.

Drew, good luck with neighbor.

Good morning All.

 

[daugen]

FDA approves new flu drug to reduce symptoms - CNN Video

a magic pill? The FDA approves it, now let's see if insurance will pay for it.
Curious to know what one pill costs...

if you get sick this winter, something to remember. I'm headed to my pharmacy today and will ask about it.
They don't have it of course but he and I get along great and I'll ask him to tell me when he gets official info on it.

Thanks Ron.

 

[daugen]

anyone who has never seen an okra plant, which I sure hadn't before I moved here, look at the far left in this pic.
The base of the okra is now almost two inches wide and woody brown. A little tree. I bet it's 12 feet tall now. Thankfully it bends...
Next week will be last week for it, then pull it all up and on to the burn pile. Plants have survived some light frost, a very durable vegetable.
I can only wonder if I plant it earlier next year, how tall will it grow?

Food pantry asked me to grow lots more, folks like my red colored okra along with the green. Would make for a nice holiday vegetable...if you liked it.
Think eggplant flavor. Am growing the same varieties, they all worked great, plus adding a few new varieties including Star of David okra, from ******. It is a smaller version of the big Beck's Big Buck Horn okra I grow. Lot of interesting foods, melons and cukes so far I've seen, come from ******.

 

[Bird]

I just finished reading about the new flu drug, Xofluza, before checking TBN. 48 degrees this morning going for a high of 71, and it's supposed to be sunny for a few days, just for a change.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 61F @ 4:45AM. Sunny to partly cloudy. High 78F. Winds light and variable.

Just curious, Drew, I think I remember you saying the owner of the land you leased as passed on, right? If so, how does that impact the status of the lease? Maybe the numb skull on the tractor that keeps running your markers over has an agreement with whoever is owning/managing the property, and that is the source of the problem?

Supposed to get a call today from the propane company to let me know when they'll make a delivery. If it comes early enough, I'll head over to the coast today for a campout/Oktoberfest celebration with the Airhead motorcycle riders. If not, it'll be an early start tomorrow instead. The new/old bike doesn't have enough miles on it yet, to it'll be ol' reliable zebra bike for the trip. Always good to travel with an old friend...

Put the van on jack stands yesterday and took the wheels/tires in to Costco for balancing. I noticed taped on weights when I pulled the wheels off, so I did try to balance them. But my balancer is small, and apparently didn't work too well with the large wheel/tire combo. Hopefully Costco's did, and the shake in the steering wheel is now gone.

TGIF folks!:drink:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Here's more info on Xofluza, including price:

What to Know About Xofluza, the New Flu Drug - Consumer Reports

The article sez it should be available in a few weeks...

 

[txdon]

Here's more info on Xofluza, including price:

What to Know About Xofluza, the New Flu Drug - Consumer Reports

The article sez it should be available in a few weeks...

RNG, thanks for the link. In a nutshell - it only lessons the symptoms and duration of the flu. You should still get the flu shot. Cost is $150, but with coupon link in article and depending on your insurance co-payment could be as low as $30.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 45 this morning, no more rain. Total of 3.5" over a 36 hour period. Now temps are going to be a roller coaster....high near 65 today, then up to 70 for the weekend, dropping to the 50's by Tuesday. Lows will be near freezing. Slight chance of rain on Tuesday.

Roy, glad your starting to feel better, hope you get over it soon.

Randy, nice pix, beautiful area. Enjoy the remainder of your trip.

Drew, sorry to hear about the problem with your neighbor. Take David's advice...document and record as much as you can. Good luck with your search for a new tractor....maybe you can get some of the automatic GPS tracking program interface hardware with it...this way the tractor can just cut what you program and you can just go along for the ride.. I imagine it's probably very expensive stuff....

David, beautiful land. Are you sure you don't want to subdivide some of that? I could definately mow for you! :thumbsup:

Everyone have a great day! Weekend is here! Prayers out for all!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Drew, that tractor should sell in a heartbeat.

 

[daugen]

Just curious, Drew, I think I remember you saying the owner of the land you leased as passed on, right? If so, how does that impact the status of the lease? Maybe the numb skull on the tractor that keeps running your markers over has an agreement with whoever is owning/managing the property, and that is the source of the problem?

RNG, not yet...he's living with his daughter about 20 miles away.
I'm sure the drunk farmer told him nothing but after I went over all this clearly the first time he did it,
coming back and pulling out the same markers I told him were legal lease markers, the man is just stupid.

This is the same guy who blew corncobs all over my newly acquired land the first year I bought some neighboring farmland. I had to rake it up with the tractor, amazing amount of junk, and had corn growing in there, in my nut orchard, for years. The man is a menace.

Buckeye, thanks. Pouring rain out, not very warm, 46, waiting for it to warm up to go change the oil in that Massey. Maybe after lunch.

 

[PJSprog]

48°F and rain this morning, going up to 53° today. Rains look to be moving out already, even though forecast until noon.

Wife took her Kia Sorento in to a shop in Highland yesterday get the alternator checked. She's supposed to get it back today. Took her to the grocery store last night. We used to shop together all the time, but the last few years she's been going during the day while I'm at work. I've kind of missed that. We have a lot of fun at the store.

Have fun with the Gage R&R, Roy. Those are always an exercise in patience. My experience has been that not everyone follows directions well, and the human factor far outweighs the potential accuracy of any device.

Sorry about the continued neighbor troubles, Drew. You seem to be having a run of bad luck with them. However, remember that this, too, shall pass ... even if that means him passing your boot back out of his keister.

 

[Larro Darro]

. . . . . . . . Larro, you sound like someone dealing with culture shock after returning from a 3rd world country. After 4 trips to asia I am kinda stuck there, this culture is a lot of effort for a lot of "fluff". Glad things are slowly getting better. prayers sent for the many things that are still .....


. . . . . . .Ed

Ed, the main thing is you are living in the moment. Although I did miss seeing the US Grand Prix down in Austin last weekend, it has been a blessing not having TV. Stars make much better viewing.

I'm not going to lie. I did enjoy my hiking and camping skills being in such high demand. And it does take a while to get back in the groove. The morning after we got power, I ask Margie if she wanted me to make a pot of coffee. She handed me my cook kit and the instant Cafe' Bustelo.

 

[Larro Darro]

. . . . . . Larro, that pic makes me sad, sorry for all your damage. . . . . .

Other than the bed cover on my truck and the canoe, all my junk stayed pretty much where it was. What is hard is trying to clean up with no sheds to put the stuff you pick up. {Midas, the back porch cat is freaking out about the piles of stuff} We are waiting to hear from the timber broker before we even look into new sheds. {I did hear the chipping mills are paying $0.50 a ton, 1/3 of what it was pre-storm} Once the trees are cut in back, we are going to put the new sheds behind the house. Margie has been after me for a couple of years to get a greenhouse built. I had balked at the price, and wasn't really happy with the sun where we were going to have to put it. Now there will be plenty of sun out back. The wrecked sheds had power, so all I need to do is pull that high dollar wire going from the outside sub panel, and redirect to the back.

 

[CWB Wyo]

It was 30° this morning, yesterday was in the mid 40's with a light rain off and on all day. Today is going to be partly cloudy in the low 60's and some more wind.

toppop... Thanks for the pics. I guess I'm looking for them in the wrong place. Thanks for the refresher course for what they look like.

Eric ... every time I go out its a new experience. I'll see something I never seen before or something I forgot about. And it's nice just to look at nature.

Not sure what I'm doing today. Hope to make it out to look at nature against this evening.

Hope everyone has a good start to your weekend.
CWB.

 

[Larro Darro]

Good Morning. We have reached our high for the day, 75F. It will be downhill from here, all the way down to 51F. That will be our coldest night so far this Fall.

I have to run a load of freezer trash into work. Sister just came over to shower, and she said it looks like they had picked up our trash this morning. But I don't want food trash to be out by the road for another week.

We have power at work, but no phones. There were weddings scheduled every weekend, but we haven't talked to any of the folks. I did hear second hand the one for next weekend was cancelled. If the one this weekend doesn't happen, I will have missed 4 weeks of work because of the storm.